Content covering the intersection between technology and culture.
Posted by Raj Patel on Oct 3rd, 2005 | 2 comments
The separation of Church and Media
The marketing department at Boeing and Bell have really sinned this time. Their being crucified for their advertisment in which an Osprey is descending upon a mosque as though war and death were riding the same horse. Unfortunately for them, the ad itself can no longer be suppressed and is being resurrected online via the Streisand effect. They claim the ad should never have been published though no word on why it...
Posted by Raj Patel on Sep 30th, 2005 | 0 comments
When the Customer is Wrong – Part II
It is amazing how many companies attempt to impose themselves and their intentions on to the consumer. One of the latest issues related that phenomenon is Sony versus PSP hackers. The PSP is selling like sunscreen at a nudist camp but not because the limited supply of commercial PSP games is all too impressive. What draws many people to it is that with a little initiative, the device can serve as a very inexpensive...
Posted by Raj Patel on Sep 1st, 2005 | 0 comments
The Che strikes back
You can get good ol’ Che’s mug on anything you desire, if you have the cash. Its big business after all. The one iconic image of the man has become a staple logo of commercial off-the-rack rebellion. How do you like that irony? You don’t need to ‘get’ it to get it. That is all about to change though as the Guevara legacy mounts up for another assault on the capitalist machine. Good...Made in the USA
As popular as our boy Karim Rashid has become, he’s a long way from Mississauga. You never thought it would happen but unfortunately I must inform you that Karim Rashid has his own reality show coming to the USA network (sorry, rest of the world). Ironically it’s being called “Made in the USA” … go fig. Oh, it’s also – according to the network –...
Posted by Raj Patel on Aug 19th, 2005 | 0 comments
Colour Lovers
They have been aparently loving colours since nineteen eighty one. They even love proper english spelling of the word. Unfortunately they don’t love typography as much but still, if you love colours or know someone who does, then perhaps this is the place for you. Sharing:
Hi, I'm Raj Patel. Nice to meet you. I'm a writer, photographer, film producer, avid reader, gamer, architect, programmer, artist, community manager, and general nerd.
Here at Ohmpage I try to cover the news and trends at the intersection between technology and culture. In practice this means you get a lot of high-tech, new-media, type of fun stuff (the stuff that interests me) presented to you. I surf hard so you don't have to.
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